Charlie Bennett

Lost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock'n'Roll Radio Show

Society EN ↓ 454 episodes

Every Friday, librarians and archivists from the Georgia Tech Library pick a theme and free-associate an hour of music, interviews, and library talk.

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Author

Charlie Bennett

Category

Society

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Latest episode

Oct 9, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 454: The Rise of Populism and the Fall(?) of Open Access 17.01.2020

Guest: Richard Poynder First broadcast January 17 2020.  Transcript at: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62408   Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2020/01/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-january-17th-the-rise-of-populism-and-the-fall-of-open-access-episode-454/ "Is that naïve and simple?"

Episode 453: When Did Efficiency Become the End Goal? 10.01.2020

First broadcast January 10 2020. Transcript at: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62375 Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=32892 "People will exercise self-direction and self-control in the service of objectives to which they are committed."

Episode 452: In the Year 2020 03.01.2020

First broadcast January 3 2020. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62161 .  Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2020/01/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-january-3rd-in-the-year-2020-episode-452/ "I am an optimist."

Mobilizing History with J. Mark Souther 27.12.2019

Learn all about this bonus episode here First broadcast December 27 2019.

Episode 451: LITSmas 2019, LITS Go To The Movies 20.12.2019

First broadcast December 20 2019. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62113   Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=32869 "If you think you've discovered something, please don't steal it."

Episode 450: The Library Book 13.12.2019

First broadcast December 13 2019. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62112   Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=32839 "I've got to steal that book."

Episode 449: The Maintainers 06.12.2019

Guests: Lee Vinsel, Andrew Russell, and Jessica Meyerson of The Maintainers First broadcast December 6 2019.  Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62089   Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=32775 "I am so pumped. Maintenance... Infrastructure..."

Episode 448: How To Write A Book Chapter 29.11.2019

Guests: Marlee Givens and Liz Holdsworth of the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast November 29 2019.  Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62096   Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=32667 "I was captain of the literature review."

Episode 447: Delete Yourself From Social Media 22.11.2019

Guest: Liz Holdsworth of the Georgia Tech Library. First broadcast November 22 2019. Transcript at: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62062   Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2019/11/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-november-22nd-delete-yourself-episode-447/ "I deleted my Facebook to change my behavior."

Episode 446: Invest in Open 15.11.2019

  Guest: Leslie Chan, University of Toronto, Scarborough First broadcast November 15, 2019. Transcript at: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62060   Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/?p=32455 "The development of these open tools should be driven by the community. The community should have a say as to how the data should be used, and who has a right to use it."

Episode 445: On Record: Tracing the Lifecycle of Political Archives 08.11.2019

Guest:  Sheryl Vogt, Director of the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies at the University of Georgia Libraries. First broadcast on November 8 2019. Transcript: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62018   Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/2019/11/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-november-8th-on-record-tracing-the-lifecycle-of-political-archives-episode-445/ " Trust your...

Episode 443: Metadata of the Dead 25.10.2019

Image: ©2011 Braydon Fuller Guest: Robin Fay aka GeorgiaWebGurl First broadcast October 25 2019. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/61981   Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/2019/10/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-october-25th-metadata-of-the-dead-episode-443/ "I'm delighted to point out that sometimes that's known as a graveyard shift."

Episode 442: Archivists Against History Repeating Itself 18.10.2019

Guests: Itza Carbajal and Michaela Hart. First broadcast October 18 2019. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/61948   Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/2019/10/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-october-18th-archivists-against-history-repeating-itself-episode-442/ "We come together because of, not despite of, our professional obligations."  

Episode 441: The CASE Act 11.10.2019

Guest: Philip Burrus of the Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group in Atlanta, GA First broadcast October 11, 2019. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/61918   Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2019/10/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-october-11th-the-case-act-episode-440/ "I do worry sometimes about how governments implement noble causes."  

ENCORE Episode 185: Material Data in a Material World 04.10.2019

Part 2 of FEATS OF ENGINEERING Guest: Tony Fast of MINED Research Group. First broadcast February 14 2014. Playlist at  http://bit.ly/1eWTh3q

Episode 440: Things New and Strange 27.09.2019

Guest: Dr. Wayne Clough of the Smithsonian and Georgia Tech. First broadcast September 27 2019. Transcript at: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/61887   Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/2019/09/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-september-27th-things-new-and-strange-episode-440/ " The Smithsonian is emphatically NOT America's attic."    

Episode 439: Graffiti Kings 20.09.2019

Guest: Randy Gue of the Rose Library at Emory Libraries. First broadcast September 20 2019. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/61867 Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/2019/09/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-september-20th-graffiti-kings-episode-439/ "That's an Atlanta joke that some of you got."  

Episode 438: Bad Luck and Trouble: The Musician Edition 13.09.2019

Part 3 of BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE First broadcast September 13 2019. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/62388   Playlist at https://bit.ly/2mhL2KN "Do you hear the black helicopters?"  

Episode 437: Second Lives 06.09.2019

First broadcast September 6 2019. Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/2019/09/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-september-6th-second-lives-episode-437/ "You know how this is a college radio station?"  

Episode 436: MARTA Archaeology 30.08.2019

Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Glover, Georgia State University. First broadcast August 30 2019. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/61830   Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/2019/08/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-august-30th-marta-archaeology-episode-436/ "It is cool to hold something that's like a hundred-plus years old."  

Episode 435: Authored by AI 23.08.2019

First broadcast Augst 23 2019. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/61820 Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/2019/08/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-august-23rd-authored-by-ai-episode-435/ "Alexa is here. Ask her if she's a cop."  

Episode 434: Data Cultures 16.08.2019

Guest: Dr. Amelia Acker, University of Texas at Austin. First broadcast August 16 2019. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/61819   Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/2019/08/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-august-16th-data-cultures-episode-434/ "What is an archivist?"  

Episode 433: Free Cut 09.08.2019

First broadcast August 9 2019. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/61587   Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/2019/08/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-august-9th-free-cut-episode-433/ "Woah."  

Episode 432: Data Feminism 02.08.2019

Guest: Dr. Lauren Klein of Georgia Tech. First broadcast August 2 2019. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/61579   Playlist at  https://www.wrek.org/2019/08/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-august-2nd-data-feminism-episode-432/ "You know who Reviewer #2 is!"  

Episode 431: Flâneur 26.07.2019

Guest: Brennan Collins, Associate Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Georgia State University. Transcript at http://hdl.handle.net/1853/61547   Playlist at https://www.wrek.org/2019/07/playlist-for-lost-in-the-stacks-from-friday-july-26th-flaneur-episode-431/ "I think giving people access to information, and not just access to finding information, but to use informat...

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